Duilio Arigoni

Duilio Arigoni (December 6, 1928 in Lugano ) is a Swiss chemist. He studied chemistry at the ETH Zurich. In 1955 he wrote his doctoral thesis ( " About configurational relationships in steroid and terpene compounds " ) Oskar Jeger.

Life

From 1961 lecturer was Arigoni, 1962 Associate Professor and 1967-1996 Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the special laboratory for Organic Chemistry at the ETH Zurich, he became Professor Emeritus in 1999. As an AD White Professor- at-Large at Cornell University (1980 to 1987), as well as Alexander Todd Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge (1981 ) and as RB Woodward Visiting Professor at Harvard University (1983 ), he was then.

His research interests were Bioorganic Stereochemistry and biosynthesis of natural products (eg vitamin B12). He advanced in his studies much insight into the dynamics of enzymatic processes, particularly their stereochemistry.

He was honored, among others, in 1991 with the prestigious Marcel Benoist Prize for his work.

Honors, Awards and Memberships

  • Award and Silver Medal, ETH Zurich (1955 )
  • Leopold Ružička Prize, ETH Zurich (1961 )
  • Piria Medal, Italian Chemical Society (1962 )
  • Cannizzaro Award, Accademia dei Lincei, Roma ( 1971)
  • Flintoff Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK (1981 )
  • Davy Medal, the Royal Society, London, UK (1983 )
  • Robert Robinson Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK ( 1984)
  • RA Welch Award, Robert A. Welch Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA (1985 )
  • Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society, USA (1986 )
  • Paul Karrer Medal, University of Zurich (1989 )
  • Quilico - Medal, Italian Chemical Society (1992 )
  • Marcel Benoist Prize (1991 )
  • Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Halle / Saale)
  • Academia Europaea ( London)
  • Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, detta dei XL, ( Rome)
  • Honorary Member of the Societe Chimique de France, the Società Chimica Italiana, the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and the American Association of Arts and Sciences ( Boston), foreign member of the Royal Society (London) and a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington ), honorary member of the Swiss Chemical Society
  • Doctor H.C. the University of Paris-Sud (Paris)
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